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SHOE FORM 0R TREE.

No. 539,722. Patented May 21, 1895.

WITNESSES: INVENTOR: (5 W JaZkarzBoek'.

M37 BY ATTORNEYS.

THE norms mans co. FHDTD-LITHQ, WASHINGTON. n. c.

NATHAN BOOK, OF NEWV YORK, N. Y.,

PATENT OEE cE.

ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHN K.

KRIEG & 00., OF SAME PLACE.

SHO E FORlVl OR TREE'..

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 539,722, dated May 21,1895. Application filed January 29, 1895. Serial No. 636,554- (Nomodel.)

To all whom; it may concern:

Be it known that I, NATHAN BOOK, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York,

in the county and State of New York, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Shoe Forms or Trees, of which the following is aspecification.

The object of this invention is to provide a form or tree which besidesbeing effective is readily inserted into or withdrawn from a shoe orboot, and the invention resides in the novel features of constructionset forth in the following specification and claims and illustrated inthe annexed drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of the formseetioned along a: m, Fig. 2; and Fig. 2 is a section along y y, Fig. 1.

v The form 1 is adapted to fit the toe part of a shoe or boot and can beapplied not only to an article to be displayed as in ashow window, butis also serviceable for a shoe or boot in actual use, as such shoe orboot when taken off can be provided with a form 1 for removing orpreventing the wrinkling or loss of shape caused by wearing or use.

The form 1 by being made of suitable material such as suitably stiffleather, pulp, aluminium or the like can be made not only of properstrength, but also hollow so as to be light and cheap.

The form 1 is shown provided with a spring 2 readily formed of a rubberor elastic band secured at 3 to the form. The spring 2 is an elementindependent of or separate from the lengthwise movable slide or stem 5,and is engaged with an eye 4., formed on one end of the slide or stem,the opposite end of the latter having a brace-handle 6. The slide orstem 5 may be of rigid material, because the spring 2 is a separateelement and operates to move the slide lengthwise.

When the form- 1 is inserted into the toe part and the stem 5 is thenpressed or slid forward until the handle 6 rests or braces against theheel part of the shoe or boot, the resulting tension of spring 2 willkeep the form 1 pressed into position for effective work.

To withdraw the form the handle 6 is grasped and drawn out of place,when the form will follow. To prevent the strain of withdrawal coming onthe spring or elastic 2, the form has a guide or eye formed by asuitably stiff or strong strip or piece? of leather or equivalentmaterial firmly clinched or fastened to the form. When the handle 6 andstem 5 are withdrawn, the eye or shoulder 4 of stem 5 abutting againstthe guide 7 will effect a withdrawal of the form without any strainbeing brought upon the spring by such withdrawal, so that the withdrawalwillnot result in injury or dislocation of the spring. As the spring ishoused in the hollow form it is protected against chafing or impropercontact.

What I claim asnew, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A shoe form or tree constructed to enter the toe part of a shoe andprovided with a movable slide adapted to bear against the heel portionof a shoe and aspring independ- I ent of or separate from the slide butconnected therewith for moving the slide lengthwise, whereby the form ortree is forced into the toe part of the shoe and one end of the slideagainst the heel portion of a shoe, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a shoe form or tree, constructed to enter thetoe-part of a shoe, of a spring secured to the form or tree, and alengthwise-movable slide connected with said 8o spring, bearing againstthe heel portion of the shoe and slid lengthwise by the resiliency ofthe spring to force the form or tree into the toe part of the shoe,substantially as described.

3. The combination with a shoe formor tree, 8 5 constructed to enter thetoe part of a shoe, of a spring secured to the form or tree, a fixedguide projecting from the form or tree, and a lengthwise-movable slideconnected with the spring and moving through said fixed guide to bearagainst the heel portion of the shoe, and thereby force the form or treeinto the toe part of the shoe, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing 5 witnesses.

NATHAN BOOK.

Witnesses:

WM. 0. HAUFF, E. F. KASTENHUBER.

